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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?
(a) Platitude.
(b) Elision.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Alliteration.

2. Line 33's use of the phrase "As have no slight or trivial influence" is an example of which technique?
(a) Anthimeria.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Litotes.
(d) Euphemism.

3. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?
(a) They slow the poem's pace to reflect the speaker's state of mind.
(b) They demonstrate how the speaker's confusion eases when he is in nature.
(c) They emphasize the passage of time and important elements of the scene.
(d) They indicate the speaker's hesitation to share such a personal experience.

4. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?
(a) The woods.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The river.
(d) The hermit.

5. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?
(a) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.
(b) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.
(c) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.
(d) Nature is far more mysterious than most people understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?

2. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?

3. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?

4. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?

5. What kind of building is an abbey?

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